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Lund[1], in the southern part of Sweden, is home to the country's second oldest university, which is one of the country's largest. The city also has many high-tech companies.

Get in

Lund is at its fastest 10 minutes by train from Malmö and an 47 mins to/from Copenhagen, including its airport. All trains [2] (pågatåg, öresundståg) stop at Lund, including the X-2000 expresses from Gothenburg and Stockholm. There are also buses from Malmö.

Get around

Lund is certainly small enough to see most of it in an afternoon's walk. You can pick up a city map at the tourist office[3] at Stortorget square (adjacent to the Town Hall).

The local Skånetrafiken buses [4] can get you to most areas of town. The hubs are around the train station, Botulfsplatsen, and the University Hospital (Universitetssjukhuset). Tickets are 21 SEK for as far as you want to go, if you're under 19 it's 13 SEK. Slightly lower prices available if a prepaid card is used, 17/11. If you are traveling as a pair, ask for a Duo ticket to save a few SEK. Note that, as in the rest of Skåne, the buses do not take cash, so you have to buy your ticket in advance! This can be done by using the ticket machines at the train station, Lund C. You can also buy prepaid (200 SEK) cards for Skåne buses and trains in Pressbyrån stores, there are three by the station and one by Botulfsplatsen. The yellow, regional buses accept payment through credit card.

The best places to catch a cab is by the train station or by Botulfplatsen. Unfortunately you can not rent bikes anymore at the station (state: June, 2012).

See

Lund Cathedral (Domkyrkan) was built in 1103 and is the second-largest cathedral of the Nordic countries. There's a free organ concert every Saturday morning at 10:00, and the elaborate astronomical clock (on your left after entering) puts on its show twice a day (12:00 and 15:00). This clock show is highly recommended even if you're not interested in the church, due to its nostalgic value.

Ingvar Kamprad Design Centrum, part of the Lund University LTH and home of the Industrial Design program; the building was funded by Ingvar Kamprad, founder of IKEA.

Museums

Kulturen[5], Tegnersplatsen. Scania's regional museum of cultural history, which includes, in the second oldest skansen in Sweden, a great number of preserved rural buildings from the past two centuries, as well as indoor displays of history and crafts.

The Museum of Sketches for Public Art[7] is owned by the university and displays sketches for various works of public art, mostly by 20th century Swedish artists.

The Historical Museum[8] is also owned by the university and was established in 1805. Has, among other things, many of the findings from Uppåkra, the nearby archealogical site of what was probably southern Sweden's biggest town during the Stone and Iron Ages.

Parks

The Botanical Garden is a few blocks east of the town center. It's very nice for walks, and there are greenhouses which house many exotic plants. Good place to take kids.

The City Park is on the south side of town. On Walpurgis Night (April 30), it's the place where people gather (about 20 000 people) to light a gigantic bonfire and revel through the night.

Entertainment

Being a university town, Lund has good arts and entertainment for its size.

Cyrus, Allhelgona kyrkogata. This restaurant is a little run-down, but their marinated grilled chicken pieces ("Juje kebab") are simple and delicious.

Mondo, Kyrkogatan 23. Across from Lundagård, this cafe serves great sandwiches, soups, and pie for reasonable prices. Crowded during lunch hours, although takeaway is available.

Tandoor, Bantorget. Indian restaurant. Once featured in national Swedish tabloid "Aftonbladet" due to poor hygienic and employee conditions. Current hygiene/employee situation unknown though the restaurant is best avoided.But the food is still in good taste

Hemma hos Greken, Sandgatan. This basement lunch establishment has a large student clientele but is open to all. Not your standard greek tourist fare, but a menu of traditional greek dishes. The bean soup, lentil soup (with or without garlic) and the meatloaf ("köttfärslimpa") are cheap and delicious. Large portions, and you can usually ask for more if you're still hungry afterwards.

Lundakebab, Saluhallen, Mårtenstorget. Somewhat pricey, but their 100% Swedish beef kebabs are the best in Lund.

Lunds Falafel, on the main street just south of Stortorget. A hole in the wall.

Pölsemannen, Danish pölser (hot dogs) are sold at Mårtenstorget next to the kebab stand. Good prices and equally good hot dogs.

Viggos diner, Bangatan 1. Without doubt the best and biggest burgers in town. You can even supersize them if you don't need to eat for another 2 days! 75kr will get you a basic burger dish! Beers available also! Plus its located bang next to Central train station perfect if your hungry after or before a long journey!

Carlssons Trädgård,[14] Mårtenstorget 6, +46 46-13 11 72. Popular bar with restaurant. Swedish/European cuisine. Lunches are good value (try the fish soup). Dinners are more elaborate and pricier, but still worth it.

Masala Hut[15], Bangatan 4, +46 46-128555. An excellent Indian restaurant, made to a Swedish taste (if you really want it spicy, make sure to request REALLY INDIAN SPICY). A nice selection of dishes and drinks in a relaxed venue. They serve lunches of great value as well.

New Delhi[16], Stora Fiskaregatan 15, +46 46-152561. Named the region's best Indian restaurant 2007 and 2008 by a local paper. Food served include a buffet.

M.E.A.T.[18], Kattesund 8, +46 46-12 78 65. Serves a modern US-inspired steak house cuisine. Great relaxed atmosphere and friendly staff. Usually fully booked during weekends, and during many weekdays as well, but there is a bar for drop-ins. Mains 100-200 SEK.

Les Halles[22], Mårtenstorget, +46 46-13 63 16. Situated in the newly addition to the indoor market in Lund, this restaurant offer a contemporary French Bistro menu. Friendly staff, high quality food, and a good selection of wines. Mains 200-300 SEK.

Drink

The nightlife circles a lot around the student nations. You need a student ID and a guestcard to be allowed entry to those.

The Old Bull Pub, Bantorget 2, +46 46-14 09 20. English pub with an impressive but overpriced selection of draft beers. Features a live dixieland jazz band every Tuesday night, and a karaoke contest on Saturdays.

Bishop's Arms, Sankt Petri Kyrkogata 7. Expensive English pub with a good selection of British beers which are unfortunately often served ice-cold instead of the correct temperature. Good selection of whiskeys. Try the Röde Orm beer (78kr), locally brewed in Lund.

Gloria's, Sankt Petri Kyrkogata 9, sports bar.

Cafe Ariman, Kungsgatan 2. Where the alternative crowd hangs out. Also has a bunch of oldtimers who spend their days playing board games. The best coffee shop, also has beer and club events on weekends. It serves also soups (53kr) and sandwiches for lunch. Beers around 50/60 kr.

Rauhrackel, [23] Stora Algatan 5. Austrian pub which serves lovely beer and nice, big sized, portions of mostly meat. Order a "meter of beer" to get a sample of some of the beers they offer.

Herkules Bar, Stortorget 1. The pub of adjacent Restaurant Stortorget. Has a large outdoor serving area during the summer.

Myntha kök och Bar, Mårtenstorget 9 (at the top right hand corner), [24]. 18:00 to 03:00. Myntha is a restaurant/bar/club concept popular in scandinavia! It serves good afterwork food and drinks! On Thurs-Sat it is open until 3am and is a good and cheap alternative (free entry) to the other clubs in Lund! Popular at weekends after 1am!free.

Harrys bar/restaurant, opposite Lund Central station. Restaurant/Bar chain within Sweden. Quiz nights wednesdays and Irish musik night on Thursday. Open until 1am at weekends. One pint of Czech beer is around 70kr.

Sleep

Hotels

Budget

Ibis Hotel Lund.

STF Vandrarhem Tågetnew link, Vävareg 22, +46 46-14 28 20. Follow the walkway over the train platform down to the west side; the hostel is in some converted old railroad cars right by the tracks, but it's nicer than that sounds.

(Note: The owners changed in February 2011. It is now run by Svenska Turistföreningen, the biggest chain of hostels in Sweden. Rumors that the hostel would be closed are definitively not true. The previous website trainhostel.com is no longer working.)

Mid-range

Hotel Concordia[25], Stålbrogatan 1, +46 46-13 50 50. Good central location. Rooms are run down and way below its four star rating.

Lund is an extremely safe town by international standards and there is no need to avoid certain areas. Even late-night walks through the darkest and most desolate back streets are relatively safe and most local residents walk home at night without any second thought.

On weekend nights, you may encounter rowdy groups of drunk people (mostly students). However, they are seldom violent to third persons, and are often notably polite by international standards.

Other than rampant bicycle theft, crime is virtually non-existent.

The only violence you are likely to encounter is from night club/student nation bouncers, which are notoriously rough.

Contact

By web

The 7-Eleven on Lilla Fiskaregatan 5 has three workplaces for Sidewalk Express, an internet-point chain. You can pay wit credit-card (30kr for 2h of surfing) and use your code in other towns too.

Tourist Information, Botulfsgatan 1A on Stortorget (+46 46-35 50 00), has computers to use for 15 minutes. Opening hours are September to May: Monday-Friday 10-18 and Saturday 10-14. June to August Monday- Friday 10-18, Saturday 10-15 and Sunday 10-15.

By mail

There's no post office as such but most major convenience stores have Post office branches inside where you can buy and send everything from postcards to bigger parcels.

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